Records of the Melton Mowbray Electric Light Company, 1899-1948

The minute books are all signed. There are four directors' minute books covering 1899-1948 (BEM 1). They record in detail financial, share holding and significant operational aspects of the company as well as lists of customers and cheques of payment received. The collection also contains a minute book of general (shareholders) meetings from 1900-1948 (BEM 2). Newspaper cuttings relating to the company have been pasted inside it.

The surviving minutes for the Melton Mowbray Electric Light Company begin on 15 September 1899, by which time the company was already registered. At the beginning of the following year, it was resolved to construct an electricity generating station on land at the north side of Mill Street. The company supplied electricity for street lighting, and for domestic and commercial premises in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and its immediate surrounding area. The company was nationalised with the rest of the electric power industry in 1948 and its activities were taken over by the East Midlands Electricity Board.

The volumes in the collection are sorted chronologically.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers subject to restrictions concerning personal information.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this is often difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.

LANGUAGE: English

The fate of the bulk of the company's archive is not known. The present collection contains only minute books, presumably retained by the East Midlands Electricity Board, and was given to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in April 2000 by PowerGen.